Q: skills for success is a six-level series with two strands, reading and writing and listening and speaking. Q: skills for success uses an essential question in every unit to connect critical thinking, language skills and learning outcomes. The series provides students with the language skills needed to achieve academic success. Q is a result of an extensive development process involving thousands of teachers and hundreds of students around the word. Their views and opinions helped shape the content of the series. Q is grounded in teaching theory as well as real-world classroom practice, making it the most learner-centered series available. Clearly identified learning outcomes focus students on the goal of instruction. Thought-provoking unit questions provide a critical thinking framework for each unit. Explicit skills instruction builds language proficiency. Q online practice provides new content and practice activities for every unit.